New Macbook with RDC Beta connecting to work's XP

Hi there:

From home, I was able to connect to my office PC using RDC on my old
G4. I just bought a new macbook, downloaded the latest RDC and I get
the "windows based computer cannot be found" when I type my office
PC's IP address.

1. I tried using another wireless connection other than my home
connection and it still doesn't work.
2. I can connect to my pc with my mac at the office when I type my
computer's name in RDC when logged into our wireless network at work.

Our system guys think it a firewall issue on my new macbook.

Any thoughts? I've spent hours trying to figure this out. Thanks for
any help.

J

On Nov 23, 11:55 pm, Jason B wrote:
> Hi there:
>
> From home, I was able to connect to my office PC using RDC on my old
> G4. I just bought a new macbook, downloaded the latest RDC and I get
> the "windows based computer cannot be found" when I type my office
> PC's IP address.
>
> 1. I tried using another wireless connection other than my home
> connection and it still doesn't work.
> 2. I can connect to my pc with my mac at the office when I type my
> computer's name in RDC when logged into our wireless network at work.
>
> Our system guys think it a firewall issue on my new macbook.
>
> Any thoughts? I've spent hours trying to figure this out. Thanks for
> any help.
>
> J

I am having a similar issue.

Do you know if you have to set any specific router settings to allow
the RDC to work with the mac?

When I plug the Mac into the network cable on my desk I can login via
RDC using either the ethernet and my server number or alternatively, I
can login into the VPN and use the VPN computer. However, when I log
in at home, I can access the VPN normally, but the RDC cannot find the
VPN computer. My PC can access the network using RDP/VPN from home
without issue. This has the smell of a routing issue. D